SCIPIO Africanus 236 - 184 BC Roman General Publius Cornelius Scipio‚ The Elder‚ was a Roman general who fought the Carthagian armies in Spain and defeated them. Then he invaded Africa from Sicily. This act caused Hannibal to leave Italy and return to Africa to fight Scipio. In 202 BC Scipio defeated Hannibal at Zama. Carthage capitulated and had to surrender her war fleet. For his victory in North Africa Scipio was called Africanus Major. Until the rise of Julius Caesar‚ Scipio Africanus
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the Confederacy instead. Union forces commanded began marching south to take the rebel capital of Richmond. On the 21st‚ they met a Confederate army near Manassas and were defeated. War in the East‚ 1862-1863: Following the defeat at Bull Run‚ Gen. In early 1862‚ they shifted the army south to attack Richmond. He was defeated and forced to retreat after the Seven Days Battles. The rise of Robert E. Lee to the command of Confederate
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during a battle on the Ticinus‚ a young Scipio made his first mark on history‚ seeing that his father was wounded and cut off by the enemy‚ he charged at the enemy cavalry and saved him. Scipio africanus was an outstanding military leader who not only defeated hannibal but also ended the second punic war.+ Scipio was born into one of ancient Rome’s noble families in 236 B.C. His great-grandfather‚ grandfather‚ and father were all consuls as well as Scipio himself. There is little to nothing known about
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Dusk-H.H Munro Q: Who are the defeated and lost people who find it comfortable to walk about at dusk? Ans: The defeated and the lost people are those who are dejected and disappointed in life. They feel comfortable to walk about at dusk as they do not want to face others and want to escape the bitter and harsh realities of life. Q: Describe the setting of the story. Ans: The story begins with Norman Gortsby sitting on a bench in a park located near the Hyde Park corner in London. It was some
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expression of their own interests” ( 2 ). This hegemony is based on a false conception about race. That is why the white government finds legitimacy to do anything that fit its own benefit strengthened only by the white skin colour. In his article “Nadine Gordimer and Post-Apartheid Interregnum: An analysis of July’s People”‚ Ernest Cole highlights this idea stating that: In the discourse of race‚ the body in terms of skin color is treated as hermeneutic through which race and the humanity of people
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Persians. Xerxes watched his ships and a third of his amy get defeated by a nearby hill. At the end of the day a third of the army was defeated. Xerxes then took the
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person goes to find a great warrior to defeat Grendel and they find Beowulf. Beowulf defeat Grendel leading to a new conflict with Grendel’s mother‚ Beowulf then finds out the Geats wouldn’t help him but he still defeats Grendel mother but he has been defeated also making the Geats fill sorry for not helping and they make him a statue for all he has done. Grendel terrorizes the town’s people by entering the hall they rejoice in. The speaker reveals‚ “Then/when darkness dropped/Grendel went up to Herot/
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1 Annexure ‘I’ M.A. English Part-I & II The Appendix ‘A’ (Outlines of Tests) and Appendix ‘B’ (Syllabi & Courses of Reading for M.A. English Part-I and Part-II shall be effective from the Session 2002-2003. The class admitted in the year 2002 will take their M.A. English Part-I Examination of 2003 according to new syllabus in the year 2003: - M.A. (English) Part I Examination of 2003 Appendix ‘A’ (Outlines of Tests) Marks Paper I (Classical Poetry) Paper II (Drama) Paper III (Novel) Paper
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characters. Reality can often be a lot like a piece of literature‚ in that a person may be going through the exact same thing‚ or something similar‚ and be feeling the same way. It is effortless to view the tough and unspoken racism demonstrated in Nadine Gordimer’s “Country Lovers” as well as how the girl feels in Patricia Smith’s What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl (For Those of You Who Aren’t). In both readings you get a sense of the hardship the characters faced because of racism‚ the things that
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The Nobel Prize is an annual international award. It is bestowed in a number of categories by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel‚ the inventor of dynamite‚ established the prizes in 1895. The prizes in Physics‚ Chemistry‚ Physiology or Medicine‚ Literature‚ and Peace were first awarded in 1901. The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo‚ Norway‚ while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm‚ Sweden. The Nobel Prize
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